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2. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   U.S. residential satellite TV receiver dishes. Currently, there are two primary satellite television providers of subscription based service available to United States consumers: DirecTV and Dish Network, which have 21 and 10 million subscribers respectively. [1] [2]

3. Television receive-only - Wikipedia

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   The retail price for satellite receivers soon dropped, with some dishes costing as little as $2,000 by mid-1984. [4] Dishes pointing to one satellite were even cheaper. [8] Once a user paid for a dish, it was possible to receive even premium movie channels, raw feeds of news broadcasts or television stations from other areas.

4. High-definition television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Satellite television companies in the United States, such as Dish Network and DirecTV, started to carry HD programming in 2003. Satellite transmissions in the U.S. use various forms of PSK modulation. A separate tuner is required to receive HD satellite broadcasts. Cable television companies in the U.S. generally prefer to use 256-QAM to ...

5. DirecTV is pushing its pay TV bundle — without a satellite dish

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   DirecTV offers two streaming options — DirecTV Stream, a contract-free internet TV bundle, and DirecTV via internet, which requires a signed contract and is available only through the Gemini device.

6. Dish open to merging satellite TV business with AT&T's ... - AOL

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   Shares of Dish rose as much as 6.3% after the report on Friday, while AT&T's stock edged 1.9% higher. Both Dish and DirecTV have been losing subscribers as viewers continue to shift to cheaper ...

7. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   The satellite dishes of the early 1980s were 10 to 16 feet (3.0 to 4.9 m) in diameter [4] and made of fiberglass with an embedded layer of wire mesh or aluminium foil, or solid aluminium or steel. [5] Satellite dishes made of wire mesh first came out in the early 1980s, and were at first 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter.